Overview
- Jitish Kallat announced in Venice on Friday that French‑Algerian artist Kader Attia will curate the Biennale’s seventh edition, which opens in December 2027.
- Attia was selected by a committee chaired by Kallat with Shilpa Gupta, Amrita Jhaveri, Pooja Sood, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Mariam Ram, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
- Organizers said he will be the first non-Indian to curate the event.
- Attia, a professor in Hamburg who curated the 2022 Berlin Biennale, centers his work on colonial histories and repair, and he said he is thrilled to build on Kochi’s layered culture.
- The appointment comes as the foundation resets leadership after cofounder Bose Krishnamachari resigned in January following a reported harassment complaint he denies, which leaders frame as a new chapter.